slug django
from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
# in the view maybe while saving the form...
def savedata()
form = someform(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
new_post = form.save(commit=False) #for holding it before actually saving
# slugify returns elephant-is-big if passed slugify("elephant is big")
# and therefore a hyphened slug
new_post.slug = slugify(form.title)
new_post.save()
# model may look like this
class SomeModel(models.Model):
title = models.Charfield()
slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
## other fields